Mount Murray is a 3,026-metre (9,928-foot) mountain summit in the Spray Mountains range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.^[2] The mountain is situated in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park of Kananaskis Country. Its nearest higher peak is Mount French, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the south-southwest.^[1] Mount Murray can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail.

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Mount Murray
Mount Murray to left of center. (Mount French right of center under cloud)
Highest point
Elevation	3,026 m (9,928 ft)[1]
Prominence	313 m (1,027 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Mount French (3244 m)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	50°44′57″N 115°17′35″W[2]
Geography
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Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Spray Mountains Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir
Geology
Age of rock	Cambrian
Type of rock	sedimentary rock
Climbing
Easiest route	Moderate Scramble[1][3]

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The mountain was named in 1918 for General Sir A. J. Murray, (1860-1945).^[4] Murray was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War as Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1917.

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1928 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.^[2]

Mount Murray is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[5]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Murray is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather conditions, July to September is best for climbing.

• Geography of Alberta